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nef vs. 1-nef vector bundles

Let $X$ be a compact, connected, Kähler manifold, of dimension $d$, with Hermitian metric $\omega$; let $E$ be a vector bundle on $X$ of rank $r\geq2$.

By [1] definition 3.1.2:

A line bundle $L$ on $X$ is said numerically effective (nef, for short) if for any $\epsilon>0$ there exists a smooth Hermitian metric $h_{\epsilon}$ on $L$ such that \begin{equation*} \Omega_{h_{\epsilon}}(L)\geq-\epsilon\omega; \end{equation*} that is the curvature form $\Omega_{h_{\epsilon}}(L)$ of the Chern connection on $L$ (with respect to $h_{\epsilon}$) can have an arbitrary negative part. $E$ is nef if the tautological bundle $\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}(E)}(1)$ is nef.

By [1] definition 3.1.3:

$E$ is $1$-nef if for any $\epsilon>0$ there exists a Hermitian metric $h_{\epsilon}$ on $E$ such that $\Omega_{h_{\epsilon}}(E)\geq-\epsilon\omega$.

By [1] proposition 3.2.4, the $1$-nef bundles $E$ on $X$ are nef; but the inverse is unknown in general; excepted for:

  1. $d=1$ (i.e. algebraic curves), see [1] theorem 3.3.1;
  2. on toric and Abelian varieties $E\otimes\det E$ is $1$-nef;
  3. tangent bundle $TX$ of $X$, where it is nef and $d\in\{2,3\}$;

(2) is justified in [1] at page 113, (3) follows by [2] theorems 6.1, 7.1 and [1] proposition 3.2.4.

Question: Are there other examples of manifolds on which the nef bundles are $1$-nef? Or is there an example of nef not $1$-nef bundle on some manifold $X$?


[1] M. A. A. De Cataldo - Singular Hermitian metrics on vector bundles, J. reine ang. Math. 502 (1998) 93-122

[2] J.-P. Demailly, T. Peternell, M. Schneider - Compact complex manifolds with numerically effective tangent bundles, J. Algebraic Geom. 3 (1994) 295-345

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